[Verse 1]
I walked a line through dust and flame,
Carried my sins, ain't proud of my name.
A Bible in one hand, a bottle in the other,
Searched for peace, like a runaway brother.
The train kept rollin' past midnight towns,
Faces I loved kept leavin’ or drownin’.
A ring of fire burned deep in my chest,
I was lookin’ for hell when I needed some rest.
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[Chorus]
I’ve been down roads with no return,
Where the bridges break and the lessons burn.
Through the blackest nights and the pouring rain,
I found my soul in a world of pain.
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[Verse 2]
I met a man who mirrored my face,
Said, “You can’t outrun your own disgrace.”
So I threw that bottle in the river wide,
And prayed for grace I could wear with pride.
My boots still echo on that broken track,
But I ain’t lookin’ no more back.
I got scars like maps and songs like scars,
Tried to outrun the dark, now I dance with stars.
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[Rap Verse]
Yo, I came from a place where the cold never fades,
Mom’s cryin’ in the kitchen, bills never paid.
Pain on my tongue like a loaded clip,
Every rhyme I spit, man, that’s how I grip—
Reality, casualty, battle inside,
Cash taught me to walk while I swallowed my pride.
Had to stitch my regrets with these syllable threads,
Now I bleed on the page so my demons stay dead.
A rebel in rhythm, redemption in rhymes,
Wrote my salvation one bar at a time.
This journey’s a beast, but I made her my friend,
From the gutter to grace, man, this ain’t the end.
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[Final Chorus]
I’ve been down roads with no return,
Where the bridges break and the lessons burn.
(spokenl)
But I kept movin’ — couldn’t stop, couldn’t turn.
Burned by the truth, still I had to learn.
(Together)
Through the blackest nights and the pouring rain,
We found our souls in a world of pain.
Drnick55
